When some compute resources fail to provision, the warehouse consumes credits for what?

• A. It consumes credits for all requested resources
• B. It consumes credits only after provisioning completes
• C. It consumes credits for the provisioned resources
• D. It consumes credits only for the provisioned resources

Answer: (D)

Compute credits are charged for the actual compute resources that end up running. When a warehouse starts, Snowflake provisions compute resources according to its size and cluster configuration. If some resources fail to provision, they never become active, so no credits are spent on them. You’re billed only for the portion that is successfully provisioned and actively processing work, for the duration those resources are running. In other words, credits are consumed only for the provisioned resources, not for any requested but failed-to-provision resources.